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The Final playoff spot in the Great 8 goes to...

Whichever survives the gauntlet. The Duke Devilz and Andersonville Alligators are tied at 7-10 with 5 to go.

Anderson has the Cleveland Heat Lakers at home, go to Nanooks of the North, go to Duke Devilz, then finish up at home with their final 2 games against Organization XIII and against Linndale.

Duke has K8be4L at home, followed by a trip to Eternityz Rostah, a clash with the Alligators, come to Linndale, then end in the clutches of Organization XIII.

Assuming Organization XIII doesn't somehow lose a few games, they certainly should not be playing for seeding and could be in the position of helpong to select their playoff opponent.

I'm calling it. Anderson goes 3-2 losing to Linndale and Organization XIII. Duke goes 1-4; the sole win against K8be4L.

Why?

Three reasons: 1. I think Duke has the more difficult schedule, 2. I think Andersonville wins the head to head match, and 3... the most important reason...

The hate in my heart for all things Duke can never be overstated. (Grant Hill excepted.)

You knew that was coming, right? Right?


Last edited by Speedtraps at 11/22/2024 10:48:08 PM

Day 18 (Saturday 23 November 2024) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Eternityz Rostah 131 - Organization XIII 145
K8be4L 106 - Duke Devilz 118
Nanooks of the North 118 - Linndale 140
Cleveland Heat Lakers 92 - Andersonville Alligators 112
Anchorage Allstars. 91 - Fondy Cardinals 85
brooklyn knicks 90 - Las Vegas Red Pandas 116
The Dachshunds 116 - AZ Sunburn 114
GloryBoyz 111 - Defenseless Babies 125

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 145 : Organization XIII
Rebounds : 71 : Anchorage Allstars.
Assists : 43 : Linndale
Steals : 20 : Linndale
Block Shots : 14 : Fondy Cardinals

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 52 : F. Di Matteo (AZ Sunburn)
Rebounds : 20 : A. Kulacs (AZ Sunburn)
Assists : 17 : R. Motti (K8be4L)
Steals : 5 : A. Harrani (Organization XIII)
Block Shots : 7 : J. Jude (Fondy Cardinals)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : A. Harrani (Organization XIII) (33 Points, 5 Rebounds, 7 Assists, 5 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 36
Shooting Guard : F. Di Matteo (AZ Sunburn) (52 Points, 4 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 47
Small Forward : G. Purcell (Eternityz Rostah) (33 Points, 4 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 3 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 26
Power Forward : L. Greenwood (Fondy Cardinals) (10 Points, 19 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 0 Steals, 5 Block Shots), E. Delgado (K8be4L) (32 Points, 17 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 1 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 33
Center : W. Lemons (Andersonville Alligators) (20 Points, 15 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 31

MVP of the evening
F. Di Matteo (AZ Sunburn) (52 Points, 4 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 47

The bad performance of the evening
D. Aliferovich (Fondy Cardinals) (18 Points, 5 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 1 Block Shots)B. Stafford (Organization XIII) (0 Points, 0 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots)L. Crouse (Cleveland Heat Lakers) (4 Points, 0 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -2

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : V. Marchenkov (K8be4L) : 6 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : A. Junghans (Eternityz Rostah) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : V. Ravagnin (K8be4L), E. Delgado (K8be4L), R. Motti (K8be4L), V. Marchenkov (K8be4L) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : F. Di Matteo (AZ Sunburn) : 8 Three points

The best performer : R. Lian (Duke Devilz) : Rating : 17.0

The worst performer : O. McMahon (Duke Devilz) : Rating : 3.5

Pio Reina: Gentlemen, I know we’re working on some things. I understand it won’t always be pretty. I’m looking at our offense and I love the ball movement we got tonight. I want to give credit to our point forwards Carlos Frias and Antti Reinholm, to the Walts; Walt C. did his thing and Walt P. was cooking on offense. Big Ozver, are you serious? 20 points in 19 minutes. The steals and forcing turnovers all looks nice. But what I want to know is how in the bloody blue blazes this team, coached by me, let that team, the worst team in the league, shoot nearly 50% from the field, 42% from deep, and score the second highest amount we’ve allowed in league play this season. I do not understand this. I have consistently told you if you want to play fast there are things we have to do. Playing defense is one of those things. We did not do that tonight, and I will not tolerate this. I will not have this.

118 points to that team. Not a good team. The worst team in the league. The absolute and undeniable worst team in the league. Like I said earlier, I know we’re working on some things. I understand it won’t always be pretty. The playoffs are right around the corner. The number one seed just dropped the number two seed. That means if we can find a way to over take them, we can play a home playoff game. We cannot do that if you play defense like this. We will not do that if we play defense like this. If we continue letting teams score at will like the worst team in the league just did, we will not deserve a home playoff game, or any playoff game at all. If I see this kind of defensive performance again… I just better not. I better not see this kind of defensive performance again. Coming in here acting like ya’ll done something. You just got lit up by the worst team in the league, that’s what you‘ve done.

You know what they did last time we played them? I do. They shot 37% from the field and 28% from deep and only scored 86 points. In their own house. We did that to them. I don’t care that we won tonight. They came here and punked you. They spit on your defense. They spit on your defense in your house in front of your wives and kids. You can’t make them pay for it; they got away with it. They probably won’t be here next season, but you will and the other playoff teams will, and they will all remember when the worst team in the league came to our house and punked our defense and spit on the floor and disrespected us in front of our wives and kids and you lazy, no good bass astards did nothing about it, and they will try to do it to you as well.

Embarrassing. You all should be embarrassed. You should be embarrassed and ashamed. You guys need to get things figured out. Defense is non negotiable. You can't win if you don't play defense. A good team would have slaughtered ya'll.